Lagos Govt Shut Down Redeemers School Over Death Of A 5 Year Old Pupil Who Died On A Swimming Lesson
Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, a private school in the state, has been shut down by the Lagos State Government due to the death of a pupil. Folasade Adefisayo, the state’s commissioner for education, said this in a statement on Monday. Recall that Chidera Eze, a five-year-old pupil at the school, was said to […]
ASUU Strike Enters 140th Day, As Other Academic Union Enters the 68th Day
President Buhari and his administration have come under fire for the protracted suspension of academic activities in the country’s tertiary institutions, according to the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights organizations like the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign. The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and […]
12 Outstanding Teachers Will Receive Car From Lagos Govt
The Lagos State Government has said that it would honor the 12 teachers who have worked extremely hard to improve the standard of teaching in the state in 2021. In a statement released on Tuesday, the state’s commissioner for information and strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, stated that this honor is a part of the annual […]
US Coach Can Pray At School, Supreme Court Rules
A public US school was wrong to punish its football coach for praying at mid-field after his team’s games, the Supreme Court has ruled. Joseph Kennedy’s prayers were protected by the Constitutional right to religious expression and should not have been prohibited. The school had argued that the displays could coerce students of different beliefs […]
SSANU, NASU Extend Strike For Another Two Months
The government, according to the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has not responded favorably to their requests, necessitating a two-month extension of their strike action. The academic unions informed branch chairmen of the extension in a circular on Friday, June 24. The unions claimed in the circular […]
FCTA Threatens To Shut Down Schools Over Violation Of Guidelines
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to close down any school in the territory that fails to meet the required minimum standard of the Nigerian educational curriculum and ensure quality teaching and learning. The administration also warned private schools that operate with expired accreditation certificates and prevent officials of the administration from accessing […]
APP Plans To Sue Tinubu Over Academic Qualification
The Action Peoples Party (APP) will on Monday sue the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu to question his academic qualification to stand for the 2023 election. The decision followed alleged irregularities in the academic qualification and documents submitted by Tinubu to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman […]
Davido Awards Scholarship To A Boy Who Passed His WASSCE Exam With A1 Parallel
A brilliant young boy who had been unable to continue his education due to financial difficulties was given a full university scholarship by Nigerian superstar singer David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, after passing the WASSCE (West African Examination Council) exam with flying colors. Morro Suleyman, a Ghanaian boy, has been awarded […]
FG Disburses N56.8 Billion To All States For Teacher Development
The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have each received N56, 821,751,416.12 from the Universal Basic Education Commission for teacher professional development. The amount was contained in a UBEC document. In only two years, the administrations of Kaduna, Anambra, Plateau, Abia, and Niger states fired 9,392 teachers. The state administrations had rationalized the firing […]
Buhari Praise Afe Babalola, ABUAD For National, Global Excellence Rankings
President Muhammadu Buhari joins the founder and chancellor of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, as well as the institution’s management and staff, in congratulating the university on its positive rankings, which ranked it as the best in Nigeria and 400th in the world.In a statement released by his media aide, Femi Adesina, the […]
